Steketee v. Kimm

Plaintiff, who is a druggist in Grand Tiapids, sued defendants for a libel published in the Dutch language in a newspaper having a large circulation among the Hollanders in that part of the State, and recovered damages. Defendants set up several errors which, so far as material, will be considered.

The libel consisted of an article asserting that plaintiff ■sold what he claimed to be genuine Netherlands Haarlem Oil, and that defendants doubting it, had sent one of his labels to Haarlem, and received from the rector of the gymnasium there a letter, which is given at length, stating that •a…